Free and fair elections arouse strong emotions. Regardless of who wins and by how much, the results are viewed with either elation or disbelief. When former US President Donald Trump lost to his Democratic Party opponent, he alleged that the election had been "stolen," without presenting any evidence. So also in Burma (now Myanmar) the military imprisoned Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of the winning party. The military junta claimed the elections were fraudulently conducted and dispersed protesting demonstrators with water cannons, rubber — and possibly real — bullets. This despite Suu Kyi defending the junta’s genocide of Rohingya......